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On Friday, March 24th, 2023, the ISOC-CH General Assembly decided to join the explicit disassociation from the position paper "Joint Statement zur Plattformregulierung" issued and co-signed by Digitale Gesellschaft (Digiges) a few months ago.
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The parliamentary initiative Pult violates the Swiss Federal Constitution, including freedom of expression and information as well as freedom of the media. Therefore ISOC-CH, pEp Foundation and Pirate Party recommend rejection of the parliamentary initiative Pult.
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The ISOC’s General Assembly 2022 took place online on December 15, 2022 The draft minutes of AGM 2022 are available here: GA-2022-minutes_DRAFT.pdf The approved minutes of the AGM 2021 are available here: GA-2021-minutes_APPROVED.pdf
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The Internet has now become essential for all aspects of life and business. Thus it is not surprising that more and more people, including people who don’t understand much about technology, express thoughts about how the Internet, and its governance, should evolve in the future. There is a tendency in some quarters to take the...
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John Spencer, a former US Army Major, is the Chair of Urban Warfare Studies at the Madison Policy Forum. When Russian troops invaded Ukraine and started to get bogged into a gruelling siege at Mariupol, he decided to help the best way he could: by getting his urban warfare manual translated to Ukrainian and hope...
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The ISOC Switzerland Chapter launches a new web site with modernized, and simplified design, together with a new series of posts on learning, imagining, sharing. Stay tuned!
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Building on the analogy between information and food, between agriculture and digital platforms, the question arises: what means for the Internet to be more organic? That is, more healthy, more grounded, and more sovereign? Clearly, global digital platforms like Facebook, and Google represent the extreme of highly industrialized solutions that manage information at scale optimized...
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Even though tens of millions of Gmail and Yahoo accounts are hacked and being sold on the dark web, why is encrypted e-mail still not the default? Is it high technical barriers, or the users’ “I have nothing to hide” arguments or lack of easy to use encryption solutions in the consumer space? Especially in...
Background The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) was an outcome of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held in Tunis in 2005. The Internet was the most controversial issue of the Summit – the main point was whether or not governments should be in charge of the Internet. There were those who argued that...
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Statistics All requests for resources on our web server are tracked by WP Statistics. Besides the usual technical metadata, we store your IP address, and we resolve it to create statistics about the countries our visitors are coming from. All this data is stored on our own web server – we do not share it...
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{:de}Aus technischer Sicht haben wir zwei Hauptbedenken zu den Netzsperren: Wegen der zunehmenden Komplexität wirken sich Netzsperren auf völlig Unbeteiligte aus. Ausserdem untergraben Netzsperren Massnahmen zur verbesserten Sicherheit im Internet.{:}{:fr}D’un point de vue technique, nous avons deux réserves principales quant au blocage d’internet. D’une part, la complexité croissante du réseau des réseau fait que les blocages affectent des utilisateurs non concernés ; d’autre part, ils sapen
{:de}Aus technischer Sicht haben wir zwei Hauptbedenken zu den Netzsperren: Wegen der zunehmenden Komplexität wirken sich Netzsperren auf völlig Unbeteiligte aus. Ausserdem untergraben Netzsperren Massnahmen zur verbesserten Sicherheit im Internet.{:}{:fr}D’un point de vue technique, nous avons deux réserves principales quant au blocage d’internet. D’une part, la complexité croissante du réseau des réseau fait que les blocages affectent des utilisateurs non concernés ; d’autre part, ils sapen
Die First zur Vernehmlassung zu den Verordnungen des Geldspielgesetzes ging gestern zu Ende. ISOC-CH hat eine Stellungnahme eingereicht, in der Bedenken zu den vorgesehenen Netzsperren und verschiedene Punkte in der entsprechenden Verordung zur Sprache gebracht werden. Im Bereich der Internetzensur wird mit dem Begriff «Stand der Technik» ein breites Spektrum an Möglichkeiten erlaubt. Diese reichen...
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The Beyond the Net Grant supporting this event series has now successfully ended. You can read here a short review of the events in 2021 (available as a printed booklet at L200). But the 7at7 series continues, since everything is in place already and additional funding from ISOC will be pursued soon! You can see...
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Digital sustainability was one of the first topics addressed in the 7at7 series, on September 7, 2020. Six months later, Panayotis Antoniadis and Nana Karlstetter (one of September 7at7 keynote speakers) joined Rahel Estermann and Laura Hagen to create the Digital sustainability working group at Digitale Gesselschaft, which presented itself for the first time in...
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Elliot Vaucher “What scarce objects provide is a straightforward basis for implementing, in an intuitively secure way, the anonymous commodity exchange economies formalised in microeconomics in a P2P fashion on the Internet.” Nick Szabo. Attending “Internet ways of networking” seminar Thanks to the Internet Society, I had the chance to attend a series of webinars...
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Since April 2020, ISOC-CH is part of a coalition of organizations in Switzerland and beyond that are slowing developing the 7at7.digital concept, which has recently upgraded its visual identity and framing. Every 7th of the month at 7pm, there is a short news programme (“alternative news from the digital world”) and a special topic on...
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According to a blog post from the EFF, the European Union (EU) might be changing directions regarding encryption, perhaps influenced by the Five Eyes. This is not a new discussion and public safety is given as the reason to weaken encryption. However, any weakening of encryption will inevitably allow illegal activity, so the disadvantages outweigh...
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Internet Society European Chapters Workshops are interactive, collaborative spaces for Chapter members with the aim to share knowledge and experience, and to strengthen the capacities necessary to support our mission and vision. Workshops are open to Chapter members who wish to learn and contribute to the development of their local Chapter. Past Chapter Workshops took...
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Bern, 08.09.2020 – The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (FDPIC) has reassessed the data protection conformity of the Privacy Shield regime. The FDPIC concludes in his position paper of 8 September 2020 that it does not provide an adequate level of protection for data transfer from Switzerland to the US pursuant to the Federal...
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Get a ticket for the Swiss Citizens' Dialogue on the Future of Internet organised by Internet Society Switzerland Chapter!
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This statement was first published on 14 August 2020 on the ISOC website We are concerned about recent media reports that the government of China is blocking certain kinds of encrypted web connections. China appears to now block all web connections (HTTPS) that use a new open standard developed to make the Internet more secure. Technically speaking, this block affects...
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This statement was first published on 7 August 2020 on the ISOC website We are very disappointed. The United States, the country that funded the early development of the Internet, is now considering policies that would fracture it into pieces. This is part of a larger disturbing trend where governments directly interfere with the Internet,...
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The mission of the Global Encryption Coalition is to promote and defend encryption in key countries and multilateral gatherings where it is under threat. It also supports efforts by companies to offer encrypted services to their users. ISOC Switzerland Chapter is a member of the coalition and supports its mission to promote and defend encryption.
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The Journal of Cyber Policy published a special Issue on Internet Consolidation including the article “Consolidation in the DNS resolver market – how much, how fast, how dangerous?” written by Roxana Radu and Michael Hausding. The article provides a timely analysis of the emerging trends of consolidation in the recursive DNS services market and the...
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On June 5th and 6th, Mission Publiques invited stakeholders worldwide to discuss the future of Internet governance and to seek answers to How to shape the future of digital cooperation? Who should decide how to leverage the opportunities brought by the use of digital technologies and mitigate the risks they involve? A couple of board...
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When we write a message or record a voice message, we usually have a recipient in mind. When we send the message, we choose the contact or contacts we want to send the information to and that’s the end of it. We assume that those people and nobody else will receive and read that particular...
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The Swiss Chapter of the Internet Society has taken note that there will be no change of control of PIR/.ORG. We welcome that a decision has been made in this matter and the continued stewardship of .ORG by PIR. The decision is in line with ISOC Switzerland’s recommendation published on 14th February 2019, in which...
Today, the Internet touches upon nearly all aspects of our lives. With the advent of the Covid-19 crisis, its importance has grown even further, as people lean on it as a prop to enable them to do their job, their shopping, or important administrative chores such as filing taxes. So, what are the reasons why...
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The quarantine has affected significantly the organization of the VIT Labs project, which is designed to create open spaces that facilitate learning and engagement with technology through direct human contact. Today physical gatherings are not possible, but the increasing dependence on digital technologies for our everyday communication makes the core objective of the project even...
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The Switzerland Chapter worked with other ISOC chapters on advice for consideration to the ISOC Board that was released today.
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ISOC-CH is proud to announce a new project, VIT Labs: An urban laboratory for collective learning and outreach on Values of Internet Technologies, supported by the ISOC’s Beyond the Net Grant, in strong collaboration with pEp foundation, NetHood, CCC-CH, and the University of Zurich’s Center for Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability. The project will contribute to the...
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The Swiss Chapter of the Internet Society has taken good note of the extensive discussions engendered by the proposal to sell PIR/.ORG to a newly-created private equity firm. Having carefully weighed the arguments, in particular from ISOC management and the ISOC Board, and evaluated the limited facts made public, we associate with the statements made...
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Switzerland is currently revising its copyright law. The Internet Society Switzerland Chapter advocates a copyright law that keeps the Internet open for everyone. That is why we support the alliance for a fair copyright law in Switzerland. Andreas Von Gunten is representing the alliance at a public discussion, organized by the Euorpa Institut at the...
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VIT ‒ Values of Internet Technologies A workshop series by ISOC-CH and p≡p foundation Digital technologies are neither neutral, nor impact-free in our society. This series of six workshops represents a platform for discussions and hands-on training to privacy, anonymity and security online. Concrete tech approaches will be presented and analyzed against bigger socio-political implications...
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Good News from the Swiss Parliament! Today, the National Council (big chamber) has approved network neutrality provisions to be added to the Swiss Telecommunications Act (with 182:5 votes in favor)! ISOC Switzerland Chapter played an active role in the political process in a coalition with partner organizations. Given the Council of States (small chamber) also...
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Today, the National Council (big chamber of the Swiss Parliament) has approved unanimously a new article, that was drafted by the ISOC-CH Head of Public Policy, Bernie Höneisen, and revised by ISOC-CH member, Simon Schlauri, and aims to improve the situation with efficient removal of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). The following provision shall be...
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Building on the first two events of the Values of Internet Technologies (VIT) series, this third workshop will explore Human Rights and how they relate to the digital sphere. We will delve into the impact of Internet protocol design on Human Rights and look at the protocols existing today. Finally we will discuss the potential of...
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The Public Consultation on the Ordinance of the gambling law ended yesterday. ISOC-CH has submitted a statement expressing general concerns on network blocking and raised several issues with the ordinance in particular. Mainly, the Ordinance is too general allowing all blocking methods from DNS Blocking to Deep Packet inspection (incl. crack encryption) as applied e.g....
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{:de}Aus technischer Sicht haben wir zwei Hauptbedenken zu den Netzsperren: Wegen der zunehmenden Komplexität wirken sich Netzsperren auf völlig Unbeteiligte aus. Ausserdem untergraben Netzsperren Massnahmen zur verbesserten Sicherheit im Internet.{:}{:fr}D’un point de vue technique, nous avons deux réserves principales quant au blocage d’internet. D’une part, la complexité croissante du réseau des réseau fait que les blocages affectent des utilisateurs non concernés ; d’autre part, ils sapen
Am 10. Juni 2018 stimmen wir über das neue Geldspielgesetz und die darin vorgesehenen Netzsperren ab. Doch die Netzsperren haben unerwünschte Nebenwirkungen, die uns alle treffen können. Aus technischer Sicht machen es sich Bundesrat und Parlament denkbar einfach: Der Gesetzestext ist technologie-neutral formuliert. Wie genau Netzsperren technisch umgesetzt werden, ist nicht bestimmt. Damit schafft das...
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The Swiss Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-CH) has taken good notice of the statement by the Internet Society regarding the recent revelations of exposure of users’ Facebook data, see: https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2018/sorry-just-isnt-enough-businesses-must-better-comes-peoples-data In addition ISOC-CH endorses the following statement by Privacy International: https://medium.com/@privacyint/move-swiftly-so-they-stop-breaking-things-474dce7f88cd
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Since the 2013 Snowden revelations of mass surveillance, the level of trust in Internet services has plunged. While discussions around privacy protection have advanced considerably, little progress has been achieved in designing operational tools that can be used on a daily basis by citizens around the world without a need to reconfigure their digital communications...
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Referendum gegen Netzsperren im GeldspielgesetzEinreichung der Unterschriften heute Nachmittag in Bern 18. Januar 2018 Gleich drei Komitees haben Unterschriften gegen Netzsperren im Geldspielgesetz gesammelt. Neben den Jungen Grünen und einem Komitee aus Jungfreisinnigen, Jungen Grünliberalen und Jungen SVP hat auch ein Bündnis aus netzpolitischen Organisationen für das Referendum gekämpft: Die Digitale Gesellschaft, die Internet Society...
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In December 2017, the Internet Society Switzerland Chapter took part in the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Geneva. Roxana Radu, ISOC-CH Chair, was invited to speak about the Swiss Digital Strategy at the Open Forum entitled Digital Switzerland Strategy – Creating networked transformation processes through dialogue, held on 18 December (the GIP summary report is available here)....
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The Chair and Vice-Chair External of ISOC-CH, together with ISOC staff, participated in a joint UN-City of Geneva event called Mix and Match in the evening on 12 December. The purpose of the event was to encourage residents of Geneva to become more aware of the many international organizations that are based in Geneva. We...
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The Vice-Chair External participated in a conference at the University of Lausanne on The Legal Framework for Countering Terrorist and Violent Extremist Content Online, on 8 December. The speakers presented current legal developments in this area, which are mostly about new criminal provisions against terrorist acts and giving new powers to counter-espionage services to block...
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On 14 November, the Vice-Chair External participated in a Workshop on Next Generation Internet. This was part of a European Union Research and Innovation project on that topic, for more information see: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/h2020/topics/ict-24-2018-2019.html The workshop in question was one of many which are being carried out around Europe as part of a bottom-up process to...
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Richard Hill, our vice-Chair External, has been interviewed by Le Temps in connection with the Internet Governance Forum. As Richard points out, the IGF is a space for discussion, but not decision-making. One of the topics raised at this IGF was Microsoft’s proposal for a Digital Geneva Convention. Richard points out that, while the idea...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geneva and Zurich, 30 Nov 2017 * * * * * Dear members of the press, The Internet Society Switzerland Chapter (ISOC-CH) and the Swiss p≡p foundation are starting an 18-month long series of workshops as of January 2018 around the Values of Internet Technologies (VIT). This series of six workshops represents...
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Elections were held this month for the Steering Committee of the Chapters Advisory Council of Internet Society. Richard Hill, our Vice-Chair for External Affairs, was re-elected to this position for another year. ISOC-CH congratulates Richard and thanks all chapters for their support. Nine positions were filled following the elections, one for each geographical region and 3...
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The new Swiss Casino Act proposes to protect Swiss Casinos from foreign competition online using Network Blocking, i.e. means that are not only ineffective but also detrimental to the free and open Internet. We are participating in the campaign to raise awareness around the limitations this imposes on the Internet and the precedent it creates....
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Friday, 29th September 2017 Today, the Swiss national parliament has adopted the new gambling law; the first law in Switzerland to introduce Internet blocking. ISOC-CH is dedicated to continue the fight for the Open Internet. In Switzerland every law passed can be challenged by collecting 50K signatures of Swiss citizens to enforce a popular vote...
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UPDATE: The recording of the panel discussion ‘Will the Internet of Things undermine the Internet of Trust?’ is now available online. Event announcement: It is a great pleasure to announce that ISOC-CH is participating in the celebration of ISOC’s 25th anniversary and we are co-hosting a special half-day event at CERN Globe on 19 September. To mark the...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Geneva and Zurich, July 3rd, 2017 * * * * * Dear members of the press, The Internet Society Switzerland Chapter (ISOC-CH) and the Swiss p≡p foundation are happy to announce that they teamed up on documenting the pretty Easy privacy (p≡p) protocols, which can be used to create Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs),...
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It is a great pleasure to announce that our project on privacy via mass encryption got selected for funding in the Beyond the Net programme of Internet Society. This two-year long project (June 2017-June 2019) will be undertaken together with the pEp Foundation in order to implement privacy by design. More specifically, the project aims...
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This year, the Internet Society celebrates its 25th year of advocacy for an open, trusted Internet available to everyone, everywhere. Today the challenges to the open Internet have never been greater – and thus confronting those challenges requires our participation. During this anniversary year, the ISOC plans include: 25 Under 25 – A new program to shine...
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ISOC-CH endorses the statement of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), which develops and publishes basic Internet standards, regarding the recent allegations of CIA use of hacking published at: https://www.ietf.org/blog/2017/03/observations-on-the-cia-revelations/ and we invite the Internet Society and all its chapters to also endorse this statement. We concur that: Security is not a single feature but...
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To navigate the Internet, users typically use domain names in their browser’s address bar. Domain names will be translated to machine-readable IP addresses by the Domain Name System (DNS) and those IP addresses are used to connect to the requested website. The process is similar to using a phone book to look up the telephone...
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The Swiss National Council just approved network blocking. The National Council debated on 1 March 2017 the law on gambling (“Geldspielgesetz,” “LJAr,” “LGD”) within Switzerland. However, the debate was fundamentally about more than just gambling, it was about public access to websites of foreign online gambling sites (casinos, poker sites, etc.), since they will be...
Date/Time: 29. March 2017 / 18:00 Place: University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, room 501 (Kuppelraum) Note: This page contains only the official part of the GA. Please visit the Annual General Assembly 2017 event page for more information on the framework program. Agenda1: Opening Election of two vote counters Agenda Bashing Presentation & acceptance (or...
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Our Vice-Chairman external, Richard Hill, attended the 2017 European Chapters meeting, 22-23 February, 2017, in Amsterdam. Twenty-four chapters attended the meeting. The presentations, meeting notes, videos, and photos are posted here. Richard made the presentation regarding the ISOC Global Internet Report 2016: The Economics of Building Trust Online: Preventing Data Breaches The key points presented...
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The new gambling law 15.069 was intensely discussed in the Parliament during the past months. Among the key concerns regarding the draft law was the provision on network blocking, which the Internet Society Switzerland Chapter (ISOC-CH) and partners from civil society such as Digitale Gesellschaft (DigiGes) are strongly opposed to. On 13 January, the Legal...
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After 10 years of meetings all over the world, the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) is coming home: in 2017 the annual meeting will take place in Geneva, the home of the IGF Secretariat. The announcement of Switzerland’s offer to host the 2017 meeting was made in Guadalajara, Mexico, at the closing session of the 11th...
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ISOC-CH wishes to express its concern at the recent increase in blocking of web sites, in particular to limit political free speech. This is a phenomenon that appears to be taking place around the world, see this report and the related press release. A report from the Guardian illustrates different approaches in Web Censorship in many countries,...
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Swiss voters accepted, by a large majority, the new Federal surveillance law (LRens/NDG). ISOC-CH had supported the process of collecting signatures to hold a referendum and opposed the law, on the grounds that it could open the door to mass surveillance and have other undesirable side effects. During the campaign leading up to the vote,...
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Elections were held this month for the Steering Committee of the Chapters Advisory Council. Richard Hill, our Vice-Chair External, was re-elected to this position for another year. ISOC-CH congratulates Richard and thanks all chapters for their support.
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Here is a link to the PDF of the engaging presentation by Vice-Chair, Markus Kummer: “The IANA transition — a watershed moment for the Internet.” The IANA transition marks the end of US oversight over the Internet. Some called it Independence Day for the Internet or for ICANN. Without any doubt it was a significant milestone...
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ISOC-CH has made a submission to the February-September 2016 Open Consultation of the ITU Council Working Group on International Internet-related Public Policy Issues (CWG-Internet). ISOC also made a submission. The topic of this consultation was “Building an enabling environment for access to the Internet”. The following specific questions were addressed: What are the elements of...
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From APWG.eu, we are happy to share the following event: The Bern Symposium on Global Cybersecurity Awareness Messaging will address the development of cybersecurity awareness programs at the national and transnational levels. The two-day workshop will discuss the assets that are put into play to organize and deploy a national cybersecurity awareness campaign. The workshop...
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Narrow miss of the signature collection effort and validation for the referendum concerning the new lawful intercept act. Despite intensive efforts, including strong support from individuals within ISOC-CH, the committee collecting signatures for the referendum against the LSCPT (lawful intercept act) narrowly missed collecting the requisite number of validated signatures. Over 50’000 signatures were collected,...
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The Internet Society organized a meeting of the European Chapters in Madrid on 14 April 2016, and ISOC-CH participated in that meeting. The meeting focused on discussions of encryption, content blocking and experiences of interacting with the government and/or regulators. Many chapters are facing the same issues that we are facing in Switzerland: new laws...
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ISOC-CH is supporting the Internet Security Awareness Campaign and has endorsed the 19 May activities to raise awareness about the risk of ransomware. Ransomware is a type of malware that can infect computers without the knowledge of the user and block/restrict access to files, making it conditional upon the payment of a ransom to malware...
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ISOC-CH has just submitted its positions on two public consultations, i.e. the partial revision of the Swiss Telecommunications Act and the Revision of the Swiss Copyright Act. You can find our positions (in German) on: ISOC-CH Position on Partial Revision of the Swiss Telecommunications Act ISOC-CH Position on Revision of the Swiss Copyright Act Thanks...
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The BÜPF (Bundesgesetz betreffend die Überwachung des Post- und Fernmeldeverkehrs / Federal Act on the Surveillance of Post and Telecommunications) was adopted by the National Parliament last Friday. ISOC-CH strongly supports the decision to pursue a referendum on this law and has joined the BÜPF referendum committee. The Referendum Committee is deeply concerned about the BÜPF...
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Starting on 11 January 2016, the .swiss internet domain is no longer restricted to company names and trademarks. The general registration has been opened for applications for names of products, slogans, geographical designations or made-up names, as well as for generic addresses which relate to a sector as a whole (e.g. hotel.swiss, watch.swiss). The applicants...
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The revision of the Copyright Act is under public consultation until 31 March. ISOC-CH is preparing a submission highlighting the concerns with the proposed legislation. Please contact us if you intend to participate in drafting the answer to the consultation (Vernehmlassung) on the Copyright Act.
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Date/Time: 08. April 2016 / 18:00 Place: University of Bern, Hochschulstrasse 4, room 120 Note: This page contains only the official part of the GA. Please visit the Annual General Assembly 2016 event page for more information on the framework program. Agenda1: Opening Election of two vote counters Agenda Bashing Presentation & acceptance (or...
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Three new Swiss federal laws could force Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to certain web sites and to transmit customer data to entities that allege that copyrights have been violated. The Swiss government has recently published for consultation revisions of three laws, the law on telecommunications, the copyright law, and the law on...
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We are delighted to welcome our 200th member, Ms. Jasmijn Remmers, student in International Relations/Political Science at the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva. ‘I have a strong interest in the challenges concerning the internet today, such as the balance between cybersecurity and privacy. My current research is focused on internet governance,...
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ISOC has created a new group called the Chapters Advisory Council (AC), whose purpose is to channel and facilitate advice and recommendations to and from the President and Board of Trustees of the Internet Society in a bottom up manner, on any matters of concern or interest to the Chapters AC and ISOC Chapters. Each...
The Swiss Parliament has recently passed a new law regarding the “information services”, meaning the espionage and counter-espionage services. This new law significantly extends the powers of those services and also enables them to carry out mass surveillance in certain situations. A broad coalition, including actors on the left and on the right of the...
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In the context of the procedure for awarding the next universal service licence, the Federal Office of Communications is putting out for consultation the draft revision of the TSO, the ordinance which defines the content of this universal service. The current licence, awarded to Swisscom, will expire at the end of 2017. The consultation opened...
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The Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM) launched the application process for .swiss Internet addresses on 7 September. The application takes place in several stages. By 1 October, more than 3,000 applications have been received. In a first stage, i.e. until 9 November 2015, applications to acquire a .swiss address can relate only to marks registered...
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GIP Digital Watch serves as a tool to provide a concise overview of all Internet governance and digital policy issues, actors and ongoing debates. It is a project of the Geneva Internet Platform in partnership with the Internet Society. The online observatory – launched on 28 Sep in Geneva and online – maintains a comprehensive...
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[UPDATE] Most votes went to the following topics: Net neutrality legislation, Surveillance legislation, Copyright, which now guide the priorities of the Board for the rest of the mandate. — The highlight of the General Assembly meeting held on 17 April in Bern was an interactive discussion with the community on key topics to be covered...
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Our annual General Assembly, held on 17 April in Bern, combined expert discussions on key topics under discussion in Switzerland (net neutrality, child online protection, cloud computing for education and research) and approval of annual reports and elections for the Chapter Board and Oversight Committee. The current Board got re-elected unanimously. For 2015/2016, the composition of...
Update: Swiss IGF 2015 – Messages from Bern ISOC-CH is a partner of the Swiss Internet Governance Forum (IGF), a multi-stakeholder dialogue held every second year. In 2015, the meeting will be held in Bern on 19 May. The Swiss IGF aims to enable Swiss players to interactively discuss among themselves topical questions concerning governance of...
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Date/Time: 17. April 2015 / 18:00 Place: University of Bern, Schanzeneckstrasse 1, room A201 Note: This page contains only the official part of the GA. Please visit the Annual General Assembly 2015 event page for more information on the framework program. Agenda1: Opening Election of two vote counters Agenda Bashing Presentation & acceptance (or rejection)...
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Biel/Bienne, 23.10.2014 – Developing the foundations for discussing net neutrality – this was the goal of a Federal Government working group. In the report, published on the website of the Federal Office of Communications (OFCOM), an overview of net neutrality issues was produced. Various stakeholders and experts contributed to the drafting of the report between...
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Vendredi 7 novembre, IHEID, conférence sur la surveillance en ligne Suisse, Europe, ONU, droit, gouvernance, technique: Point de situation Après les révélations d’Edward Snowden quant à la surveillance constante et universelle des communications téléphoniques et en ligne, l’Assembée générale des Nations Unies, le Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies aux Droits de l’Homme, le Conseil de l’Europe...
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More than 3,000 people gathered in London last week to participate in the largest ever ICANN meeting. Roxana Radu, ISOC-CH Vice Chair of Internal Affairs attended the ICANN Meeting, a part of which included an ISOC meeting on 23 June 2014. Participants in this meeting were 80 ISOC chapter delegates and staff in situ and...
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A coalition of political parties has decided to oppose the planned revision of the Swiss telecommunications surveillance law, known as the BÜPF. A demonstration against the revision is being organized in Bern on 31 May 2014. For information on this campaign, see http://stopbuepf.ch/ ISOC-CH supports this campaign and the planned demonstration. In light of revelations...
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Description The Social impAct Committee (SAC) is a committee of ISOC-CH according to the statutes (§30) and aims to discuss and propose actions to the Board on social matters and impact of the Internet. The main focus of this committee is to build awareness and stimulate learning processes at different levels (from formal education to...
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Description The Technical Aspects Committee (TAC) is a committee of ISOC-CH (in formation) according to the statutes (§30) and aims to discuss and propose actions to the Board on matters related to technology. Current Internet Technology matters include: Privacy and Identity IPv6 DNSsec Leadership Ex-Officio: Gabor Farkas Mailing-List http://lists.isoc.ch/mailman/listinfo/tac Membership Every ISOC-CH member can apply...
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Responsibilities According to Statutes (§ 29) the Oversight committee (OC) the responsibilities of the OC include: Check financial transactions made by the Board (at least twice a year) Supervise the work of the Board Verify the yearly financial statement, prepare and present a report to the GA Call for a GA in case severe irregularities...
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